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AutoCAD Lecture 4 Annotation & Hatching

This document provides information about the Civil Engineering Communication course at Salford University. It is a level 4 course worth 20 credits and is taught by Dr. Juliana Byzyka. The course is part of the B.Eng, M.Eng, and B.Sc Civil Engineering degree programs. The document then provides information about layers and dimensions in AutoCAD, including how to create and modify layers by setting characteristics like color, linetype, and lineweight. It also explains the different dimensioning tools and how to create dimensions of various types.

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AutoCAD Lecture 4 Annotation & Hatching

This document provides information about the Civil Engineering Communication course at Salford University. It is a level 4 course worth 20 credits and is taught by Dr. Juliana Byzyka. The course is part of the B.Eng, M.Eng, and B.Sc Civil Engineering degree programs. The document then provides information about layers and dimensions in AutoCAD, including how to create and modify layers by setting characteristics like color, linetype, and lineweight. It also explains the different dimensioning tools and how to create dimensions of various types.

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Civil Engineering Communication

CRN: 31890
Credit Rating: 20 Credits
Level 4, Semesters 1 & 2

Dr Juliana Byzyka BEng (Hons) MSc PhD AFHEA MIET


Room 101, Newton Building
Email: [email protected]

Programmes:
B.Eng (Hons) / M.Eng (Hons) Civil Engineering
B.Eng (Hons) / M.Eng (Hons) Civil & Architectural Engineering
B.Sc (Hons) Civil Engineering
 Launch AutoCAD

 Questions from last lecture?


Today…

 Layers
 Annotation (dimensions)
Layers
Layers are like overlays on which you keep various types of information

Ribbon
tabs
Ribbon
panels

Laye
r
panel
Layers
 In a floor plan of a building,
for example, you want to
keep the walls, ceiling,
plumbing fixtures, wiring,
and furniture separate so
that you can display or plot
them individually or
combine them in different
ways.
 Notes, reference symbols,
dimensions should also
have their own layers.
Layer characteristics

 In every new AutoCAD file, the only layer that


exists is Layer 0
 This layer is set automatically by AutoCAD as
current and everything you design adopts the
characteristics of Layer 0
 When you create other layers for your drawing,
you can set as current any layer you want
Layer tool buttons

Creates a new layer

Creates a new layer frozen in all existing layout viewports (a viewport displays
views of model space in the layouts)

Deletes a layer or a group of layers. If a layer is


applied in an object in your drawing or is set as
current then you will not be able to delete it.
Sets a layer as current. This can be also done
by double clicking on layer status.
Layer characteristics
When a layer is ON, it is visible and available for plotting. When a
layer is off, it is invisible and is not plotted, even if Plot is on.

When you FREEZE a layer, the visible effect in the drawing is the
same as turning a layer OFF. The difference, however, is that when
you freeze a layer, AutoCAD does not display, plot, hide, render or
regenerate objects on frozen layers. So, it does not keep track of
them anymore. This helps to speed up zoom, pan or improve object
selection performance.

Objects on a locked layer cannot be edited. This is useful if you want to


view information on a layer for reference but do not want to edit objects
on that layer. You can even design new objects with locked layers.

Controls whether the selected layers are plotted.


Layers turned OFF PLOTTING are still visible in the drawing.
Layers set ON PLOTTING will not be plotted if are currently FROZEN
or OFF in the drawing.
Layer color
Click the COLOR ICON to display the

SELECT COLOR DIALOG BOX to assign a

color to a layer.
Layer linetype
 Line types are useful to define, for example, the
difference between hidden lines, centre lines,
fence lines, or other noncontinuous lines.

 AutoCAD offers several linetypes and you can


format their width, color, scale etc. according to
your preference.

After
selection
/loading
of line
types
Layer lineweight
Click the DEFAULT lineweight to display the
LINEWEIGHT DIALOG BOX , where you can
specify the lineweight of the selected layer.
Layer lineweight
If the lineweight of the layer is not visible, then do the
following:
1. Click CUSTOMIZATION located on the QUICK
TOOLBAR 2.
2. Activate LINEWEIGHT 2
3. Activate SHOW/HIDE LINEWEIGHT that appears
on the QUICK TOOLBAR 2. 1

3
Layer status

Empty layer (this layer does not contain any objects)


Layer in use (this layer contains objects

Current
layer
Dimensions
Ribbon
tabs
Ribbon
panels

Annotation
panel

OR go to the ANNOTATE tab


Dimensions
Defpoint (points placed
Defpoin Dimension parts with dimensions at the
points that you
t dimensions to/from)
Extension line Extension line

Arrowsheads Dimension text Dimension line


Dimensions
Creates multiple types of dimensions within a
single command session

Creates a dimension by selecting


the object you want to annotate

Creates the dimension of an object and


automatically continuous creating additional
dimensions from the last linear, angular, or
ordinate dimension.

Creates a dimension of an object and then


automatically continuous a linear, angular,
or ordinate dimension from the baseline of
the previous or selected dimension
Dimension types
AutoCAD Exercise 2
Open AutoCAD exercise 2 to work with dimensions and
layers. Apply layers in the objects of your drawing.

Create a new dimension “AutoCAD Exercise 2” and


follow the format shown in the next slides.
Creating a dimension style
Creating a dimension style
Creating a dimension style
Creating a dimension style
Creating a dimension style
Creating a dimension style
Creating a dimension style
Creating a dimension style

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